Mike Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > One positive part of a redirect is that once the person has submitted
> > the form successfully, they won't/can't reload the page and resubmit
> > the form.
>
> Does that screw up the entry in the history list? In other words, if
> they do want to go back to the form (and maybe they have a legitimate
> reason for doing so, such as changing their query or starting afresh)
> or to the page before it, do they just press the "back" button once or
> twice, or will they continually find themselves redirected back to
> "here" (the current page) until they jump back two or three steps at
> once? Some sites do this on their home page (either to throw an extra
> advertisement at you, or just to do something nifty), and I find it
> irritating.
This happens when they put meta refresh in the HTML, or use JavaScript
to redirect (with window.location, as opposed to window.replace).
When you do the redirect with HTTP headers (Location) or
window.replace the back button works fine.
Ian
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